Amazon 208 Stories

Once upon a time, Amazon mostly sold books. Now Jeff Bezos's firm is a cloud-computing and AI colossus competing with—and often devouring—almost every retail industry there is.

Silicon Valley

Amazon is hiring 100,000 new workers in the US to deal with the coronavirus boom

The hiring spree is to cope with an unprecedented surge in demand for online deliveries during the outbreak.

by Charlotte Jee
2020-03-17T07:36:00-04:00

A woman using a smart thermostat in her home

Smart Cities

Amazon, Apple and Google joining forces could be what makes smart homes happen

by Charlotte Jee
2019-12-19T07:24:29-05:00

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Humans and Technology

Why kids don’t trust Alexa

We tend to think of children as blindly trusting of whatever information comes their way. They’re not.

by Tanya Basu
2019-12-06T05:00:46-05:00

Computing

Microsoft has beaten Amazon to the Pentagon’s $10 billion cloud computing contract

by Charlotte Jee
2019-10-28T07:45:18-04:00

A baby sleeping in a cot has their breathing monitored remotely

Artificial Intelligence

“Alexa, monitor my baby.” A smart-speaker app can monitor an infant’s breathing.

by Charlotte Jee
2019-10-17T06:56:31-04:00

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Humans and Technology

Amazon’s new Kindle for Kids is probably not as good for kids as real books

by Tanya Basu
2019-10-08T17:01:06-04:00

Silicon Valley

Meet America’s newest military giant: Amazon

The Pentagon’s controversial $10 billion JEDI cloud computing deal is one of the most lucrative defense contracts ever. Amazon’s in pole position to win—and its move into the military has been a long time coming.

by Sharon Weinberger
2019-10-08T07:00:00-04:00

Amazon's head of devices and services Dave Limp presents its new products

Silicon Valley

Amazon wants you to be surrounded with Alexa—wherever you are

by Charlotte Jee
2019-09-26T06:22:49-04:00

Silicon Valley

Amazon now lets anyone answer questions on Alexa—what could possibly go wrong?

by Charlotte Jee
2019-09-13T07:24:24-04:00

Amazon workers at one of its warehouses go on strike

Silicon Valley

Amazon employees are going to strike over the firm’s climate policies

by Charlotte Jee
2019-09-10T07:15:36-04:00

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